LONDON, Aug 16.—Broadcasting last night the King called on his peoples everywhere to offer thanks that the war has ended throughout ...
Article : 596 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—Tokio radio this morning announced that Emperor Hirohito had ordered all his armed forces to cease hostilities immediately. "It might take same time, even several days, before the Imperial order reaches front-line units in some of the remote islands or mountain areas and an official communication on this ...
Article : 837 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 15.—Tokio radio in a Japanese-language broad- cast beamed to the Orient quoted a proclamation by the resigning ...
Article : 540 wordsProbably 100,000 people were in Perth yesterday for the Victory Parade and Thanksgiving Service on the Esplanade. Of this number an estimated crowd of 70,000 was present for the beginning of the service but many left ...
Article : 1,321 wordsHis Majesty the King speaks to his people. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 8 wordsLONDON, Aug 16.—Moscow radio broadcast yesterday a statement by the Russian Chief of Staff, General Antonov; "Fighting still continues, ...
Article : 263 wordsGUAM, Aug 16.—Two bomb-carrying Japanese suicide planes crashed on Imya Island, 30 miles north of Okinawa, last night injuring, at ...
Article : 175 wordsWounded and repatriated soldiers, conveyed in Red Cross transports, participated in yesterday's Victory Parade in Perth. The picture shows the crowd cheering the vehicles turning from St George's-terrace into William-street on their way to the Thanksgiving Service. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—Tokio radio today quoted "Yamiuri," a Japanese newspaper, as follows: "tether than accuse the users o the fateful atomic; ...
Article : 96 wordsBOUGAINVILLE, Aug 16.—Expecting the Japanese to immediately follow their Emperor into surrender army officers have left for the ...
Article : 263 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—The "New York Times" correspondent in Stockholm states that Mr Suemasa Okamoto, Japanese Minister to Sweden, ...
Article : 139 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—The New York "Herald-Tribune's" correspondent in Washington says President Truman kept in close touch ...
Article : 134 wordsCEYLON, Aug 16.—The Australian Associated Press correspondent at SEAC states: "The form the Japanese capitulation will take in the ...
Article : 259 wordsVATICAN CITY, Aug 16. —The Pope gave thanks to God that the war was ended and expressed the hope that ...
Article : 63 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 15.—Tokio radio pictured- tears streaming down Emperor Hirohito's face when he told the ...
Article : 133 wordsBORNEO, Aug 16.—In an order- of-the-day issued from his HQ to- day General Sir Thomas Blamey, C-in-C of the AMF, said: "The ...
Article : 255 wordsMANILA, Aug 16.—One of General MacArthur's first demands on the Japanese undoubtedly will be the speedy return of Lieut-General ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Aug 16.—Japan missed invasion by only a few weeks, says the "Daily Mail's" naval correspondent. British Pacific Fleet units which ...
Article : 71 wordsPortion of the vast crowd on the Perth Esplanade yesterday for the Victory Parade and Thanksgiving Service which drew nearly 100,000 people into the city. Many more lined the city streets. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—The C-in-C Pacific Ocean Area (Admiral Nimitz) has invited the commander of the Strategic Air Forces (Lt-General ...
Article : 97 wordsLONDON, Aug 16.—Frontline dispatches published in Moscow papers say that the population of the Korean port of Rashin are storming ...
Article : 78 wordsCHUNGKIIG, Aug 15.—Chinese experts in Japanese psychology unanimously urge, says the Associated Press, that Japan's surrender ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 17 Aug 1945, Page 1
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